“When I first got to the venue and walked in, I walked past the dude who was supposed to be the security guard for the backstage,” the mustachioed frontman recalled.

“He didn’t even look at me. I immediately went to the promoter and said, ‘Who’s that guy? I want to put another dude on,’ and he goes, ‘Well some of the other guards aren’t here yet.’ And eventually I found out that six or so wouldn’t show up at all.”

Hughes declined to go into further detail. But he’s already made some controversial statements about the tragic night — suggesting the carnage was avoidable if the band’s fans were carrying their own weapons.

“I want everyone to have the best chance to live, and I saw people die that maybe could have lived,” he told the French television station iTele last month.